PLUNKETT LAST BALL SIX SNATCHED THE LANKAN VICTORY
You can’t ask for a better finish to a very competitive match, nobody was agree to give up so, finally match has been tied.
After winning the toss England decided to bowl first, Lankan openers were started to hitting the ball very well but David Willey has different ideas, with just hint of swing he forced Gunathilaka to commit a mistake, still there were no effect on the run rate. Willey struck again shown Perera the way to dressing room after excellent catch at point by Roy. Later Woakes, Plunkett, Rashid join the party. Sri Lanka kept on losing wickets in regular interval. Adil Rashid finished his spell very economical 10-0-36-0.
The Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews hold the fort from one end partnership with Prasanna helped Sri Lanka to reach the respectable total of 286/9. Prasanna played a very crucial knock of 59 runs in just 29 balls with the help of 8 FOURS and 4 SIXES, that was the inning which improved Lankan run rate in middle overs.
The chase wasn’t started good for England lost their 4 top order batsman in the score of only 30, Mathews and Lakmal bowled magnificently. After the end of 18 overs England were 82/6. Totally down and out but thanks to the ruthless innings from Buttler and Woakes 93 and 95* respectively. 138 runs partnership for 7th wicket was excellent and commendable because Sri Lanka have almost won the match in 18 overs. 51 runs partnership in 26 balls for 9th wicket between Woakes and Plunkett was salt on the wound for Lankans, Woakes inning was very well constructed and composed because scoring with strike rate of 103.26 with only 4 boundaries in 95 runs is really excellent work, also for his heroic inning and all round performance Chris Woakes adjudged Player of The Match. Lankans were below average as far as the fielding department is concerned. Lankans were below average as far as the fielding department is concerned.